Clothes hook for lockers



' June 23, 1931. v c o 1,810,928

CLOTHES HOOK FOR LOCKERS Filed Jan. 6. 192.7

Patented June 23, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFICE GEORGE B. rrcxor, or NEW HAVEN, oonnno'rrour, Assieivon TO MALLE'ABLE neon FITTINGS COMPANY, or BRANFORD', CONNECTICUT CLOTHES HOOK ron LooKEn's Application filed January 6, 1927. Serial No. 159,354.

This invention relates to a clothes hanger of that type in which a body portion, adapted to be secured on a wall or other suitable support, has a series of clothes supporting members projecting therefrom.

The lockers provided in clubhouses, gymnasiums. and oflices, for the reception of clothing and other articles, are generally made of steel. Often all the clothes hooks are in use and it is desired to place additional hooks in the lockers. Owing to the walls being made of steel, the attachment of hooks thereto is diiiicult and expensive. Generally the only available method is to drill holes,

in the walls, for the reception of bolts or such other means as may be necessary to secure the hooks to the walls.

Steel lockers are commonly provided with ventilating cuts or openings. As one of the objects of my invention I contemplate a clothes hanger which may be secured on a locker wall, without any changes therein, by simply engaging one of the ventilating cuts or openings provided.

Another object of my invention is to provide a clothes hanger, having means for engaging a venti ating cut or opening in a locker wall in which the weight of the clothing, or other articles suspended thereon, tends to make the hanger rest more securely in place.

A further object of my invention is to provide a clothes hanger which, when secured on a locker wall by engagement with a ventilating cut or opening, may not be readily displaced therefrom by the removal of clothing or other articles suspended from the hanger.

A still further object of my invention is to rovide a clothes hanger having the above eatures but which. is simple in design and may be readily and cheaply manufactured by casting, forging or stamping.

To these and other ends the invention consists in the novel features and combination of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a general view of a locker wall with my improved hanger supported there 50 on; I

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 22 of Fig. 1, and showing my improved hanger supported in a ventilating opening; in the wall of a locker;

Fig. 3'is a view of my improved hanger on an enlarged scale; I

v Fig. 4 is a view of the wall engaging member taken on line 4l of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a view of my hanger engaging a different type of ventilating opening from that shown in F igs. 1 and 2. 2

Like reference numerals refer to like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as illustrated in the drawings, my clothes hanger is shown formed in one piece, by casting or any other suitable method, and comprises an upstandingbody portion 5, having formed integrally therewith and extend ing outwardly and upwardly therefrom at an acute angle, clothes supporting members 6, 7 and 8. On the upper end of the body portion and'on the side opposite to the clothes supporting members, is a downwardly and rearwardly projecting member 9, forming an acute angle with the body portion 5 and adapted to engage a suitable support, as for example, the ventilating opening 10, of a locker door 11.

The member 9, at the point where it oins the body member 5, herein designated by'tlie I reference numeral 12, is of substantially the cross-sectional shape and dimensions as the body member 5, but at a spaced interval therefrom the member 9 has laterally extending side portions 13 and 14;, having at their ends, adjacent the'body portion 5, shoulders 15 and 16. At the lower end of the body portion 5, and on the same side as the member 9, is a boss 17 adapted toengage the wall upon which the hanger is supported, and to hold the hanger in spaced relation thereto.

From the above description it will be read ily understood that clothes hanger may be attached to a locker wall, or any other suitable support having an opening, by simply inserting the wall engaging member 9, into the opening, and allowing the hanger to depend therefrom, or my hanger may be suspended from one of the coat hanger rods i? sometimes provided'in lockers and closets.

Owing to the shape of the wall en aging member 9, and the provision of shoulders 15 and 16 thereon, my hanger may not be easily displaced'from the wall upon which it is suspended. Referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the shoulders 15 and 16 prevent any sliding movement, on the part of the member'9, along the edge of the ventilating out. In order to disengage the'hanger from such a cut or opening it is necessary to raise the hanger vertically to the point where the shoulders 15 and 16 are free from the'edges of the ventilating cut.

When supported on a clothes hanger rod or in a ventilating cut, such as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the relatively wide portion of the member 9 provides a stable support for the hanger and tends to prevent injury to the thin sheet metal walls of which lockers are made.

My invention is not limited to the embodiment thereof hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings but may be embodied in various forms within the nature of the invention, as it is defined in the following claims.

What I claim is V 1. A clothes-hanger for lockers or the like, comprisinga body portion, a clothes supporting member secured thereon, and means formed on said body portion at the upper end thereof adapted to engage an o ening in a locker wall tosupport the clot es hanger, said means comprising a downwardly and rearwardly extending arm, said arm being rectangularly shaped and wider-than "and spaced from the body portion and lyingin a plane at right angles to the general plane of the hanger, and a relatively narrow neck connecting said arm to the body portion.

2. A clothes hanger for lockers or the like, comprising a body portion, a clothes supporting member secured thereon, and means formed on said body portion at an upper end thereof adapted to engage an opening in a locker wall or the like to support the clothes hanger, said means comprising a downwardly and rearwardly extending arm, said arm being provided with shoulders extending at right angles to-and at a spaced distance from the body portion to provide means for *enga'ging the sides of the opening when the hanger is supported therein to prevent the hanger from being accidentally dislodged from the opening. V

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 4th day of January, 1927.

. GEORGE B. PIGKOP. 

